Eszter Kissová

“You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“The artist who paints the emotions creates an enclosed world… the picture… which, like a book, has the same interest no matter where it happens to be. Such an artist, we may imagine, spends a great deal of time doing nothing but looking, both around him and inside him.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Art is not nature.. There was a lot more to be got out of color.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“a figure should be a part of the background against which it is placed”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Draw you pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“One does not always sing out of happiness.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“A painting that is well composed is half-finished.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.”

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) French painter and printmaker

“Hell, it's a business… All I do is supply a public demand. I do it in the best and least harmful way I can. I can't change the conditions. I just meet them without backing up.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“Some of the biggest Drys in the country buy from me and have for years, so let's stop kidding.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“All I ever did was sell beer and whiskey to our best people. All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular. Why, the very guys that make my trade good are the ones that yell the loudest about me. Some of the leading judges use the stuff.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“Ninety percent of the people of Cook County drink and gamble and my offense has been to furnish them with those amusements. Whatever else they may say, my booze has been good and my games have been on the square. Public service has been my motto.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“The country wanted booze and I organized it. Why should I be called a public enemy?”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“I give the public what it wants. I never had to send out high-pressure salesmen. I could never meet the demand.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“I've seen gambling houses, too-in my travels, you understand-and I never saw anyone point a gun at a man and make him go in. Tve never heard of anyone being forced to go to a place to have some fun.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“I never stuck up a man in my life. Neither did any of my agents ever rob anybody or burglarize any homes while they worked for me. They might have pulled plenty of jobs before they came with me or after they left me, but not while they were in my outfit.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster